L-L League Baseball Playoffs: Quarterfinals – Lancaster Catholic vs. Ephrata (5-9-24)

MAJOR UPSET! #16 Spring Grove knocked off #1 Manheim Central 45-38 in the First Round of the 5A District 3 Playoffs! Barons had a 13-6 lead after the 1st quarter, but the Rockets outscored Central 39-25 the rest of the way! Ky’sier Ludvig led the Rockets with 14 points! Ryan Kenneff had a Game-High 15 points in the Barons loss!

▪️#1 Manheim Central dropped down into the 9th place consolation bracket and played again on Friday, February 21 against #9 Middletown (winning 43-39)!

Warwick had Penn Manor on “upset alert” late in this ballgame… all tied 4-4 heading into the 7th inning! But the Comets pushed 3 runs across in the top of the 7th & slammed the door shut to win 7-4! Penn Manor won the season series 3-0 & kept their League Playoff hopes alive (but ultimately fell 1 win short to qualify)!

Hagerstown mounted a 9th inning comeback against Lancaster & won it 9-8 in 10 innings to avoid a sweep by the Stormers! Lancaster had taken the lead in the 8th inning by scoring 4 runs, sparked by a 2 RBI double by Isan Diaz & a 2 run homer by Mason Martin! But a bench-clearing brawl halted all Stormers momentum & the Flying Boxcars get out of town with a win!

Cocalico stayed unbeaten (5-0) in Section 2 play with a 22-15 Win over Garden Spot! Lady Eagles Senior Danika Sauder scored her 200th Career Goal in the 1st quarter! Spartan Senior Gwen Varley answered with her 200th Goal in the 2nd quarter! Both girls had 9 goals each in the game, which is a season high for both!

-- Cocalico scorers: Danika Sauder - 9 goals (204 Career Goals) Melia Van Zant - 4 goals

-- Garden Spot scorers: Gwen Varley - 9 goals (206 Career Goals)